Well, there is yet another person stealing photos from Flickr members and claiming them as their own - this time on Instagram. Here is the link: web.stagram.com/p/483588918453988559_366719346
This girl is even going so far as disputing being called out and still claiming the images are her own. Some of the images are from contacts of mine on Flickr and you can clearly see their existing watermark on the photos. It is very easy to figure out when an image is stolen. You can use reverse Google search and usually find the original image.
As someone who collects dolls and takes great effort in setting up dioramas and photographs, this disappoints me in a way I can't fully describe. If the girl who runs this account wants to post photos of dolls, she needs to get a camera and start taking pictures of her own. Stealing them from real photographers - most of which are extremely talented and are obviously either creating custom one of a kind dolls and using expensive camera equipment - is just immature and outright insulting to those of us who photograph dolls from our personal collections.
When I find people who do this, I will continue to post their links. If they want attention, then they need to be called out for lying and stealing images that don't belong to them.
- DollsinDystopia
UPDATE: Here is an account where she admits to stealing photographs: http://ask.fm/hannalector
What is wrong with this girl?
This girl is even going so far as disputing being called out and still claiming the images are her own. Some of the images are from contacts of mine on Flickr and you can clearly see their existing watermark on the photos. It is very easy to figure out when an image is stolen. You can use reverse Google search and usually find the original image.
As someone who collects dolls and takes great effort in setting up dioramas and photographs, this disappoints me in a way I can't fully describe. If the girl who runs this account wants to post photos of dolls, she needs to get a camera and start taking pictures of her own. Stealing them from real photographers - most of which are extremely talented and are obviously either creating custom one of a kind dolls and using expensive camera equipment - is just immature and outright insulting to those of us who photograph dolls from our personal collections.
When I find people who do this, I will continue to post their links. If they want attention, then they need to be called out for lying and stealing images that don't belong to them.
- DollsinDystopia
UPDATE: Here is an account where she admits to stealing photographs: http://ask.fm/hannalector
What is wrong with this girl?
